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Title: The Jute Industry: From Seed to Finished Cloth

Author: T. Woodhouse and P. Kilgour

Release Date: May 26, 2004 [EBook #12443]

Language: English

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THE JUTE INDUSTRY

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PITMAN'S COMMON COMMODITIES AND INDUSTRIES SERIES

THE JUTE INDUSTRY
FROM SEED TO FINISHED CLOTH

BY T. WOODHOUSE

HEAD OF THE WEAVING AND DESIGNING DEPARTMENT, DUNDEE
TECHNICAL COLLEGE AND SCHOOL OF ART

FORMERLY MANAGER MESSRS. WALTON & CO., LINEN MANUFACTURERS,
BLEACHERS AND FINISHERS, KNARESBOROUGH.
AUTHOR OF "THE FINISHING OF JUTE AND LINEN FABRICS,"
"HEALDS AND REEDS FOR WEAVING: SETTS AND PORTERS,"
JOINT AUTHOR OF
"JUTE AND LINEN WEAVING MECHANISM,"
"TEXTILE DESIGN: PURE AND APPLIED,"
"JUTE AND JUTE SPINNING,"
"CORDAGE AND CORDAGE HEMP AND FIBRES,"
"TEXTILE MATHEMATICS,"
"TEXTILE DRAWING," ETC.,

AND

P. KILGOUR

HEAD OF THE SPINNING DEPARTMENT,
DUNDEE TECHNICAL COLLEGE AND SCHOOL OF ART
FORMERLY MANAGER BELFAST ROPE WORKS.
JOINT AUTHOR OF
"JUTE AND JUTE SPINNING,"
"CORDAGE AND CORDAGE HEMP AND FIBRES," ETC.

1921

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PREFACE

The sub-title of this little volume indicates that practically
all the processes involved in the cultivation of jute plants,
the extraction of the fibre, and the transformation of the fibre
into useful commodities, have been considered